Inscription in an Arbour.

A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes. By Several Hands. [George Pearch, ed.]

Rev. Philip Parsons

A Miltonic ode modeled somewhat on Milton's companion poems. The speaker is Oberon, who after setting the scene bids Envy, love of sordid gain, Malice, Revenge, Lust, and Vice stand apart: "Hence! nor near the spot be found! | 'Hence! avaunt! — 'tis holy ground.'" Originally anonymous, the poem as later identified by Isaac Reed as "By the Rev. Mr. Parsons of Wye, Kent." The source has not been traced, and I have been unable to identify Philip Parsons.